Authorities in Turkey have arrested three opposition mayors from southern cities. According to state media, the mayors, all from the Republican People’s Party or CHP face allegations of bribery and organized crime.

Three prominent mayors from Turkey’s main opposition party Republican People’s Party (CHP) were arrested on the morning of July 5, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown on his political opponents ahead of the 2028 presidential election intensifies,

Turkey arrested three more opposition mayors early on Saturday as part of an investigation into alleged graft, officials from the main opposition CHP said, denouncing it as a “political operation”. The early morning arrests were the latest move targeting elected officials of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish authorities arrested ten suspects in relation to wildfires that broke out across the country over the past week, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.The wildfires killed at least two people in western coastal province of Izmir as fire extinguishing teams supported by planes and helicopters struggled to contain the blazes.

Firefighters early Friday gained control over a major wildfire in the western Turkish province of Izmir but two others continued to ravage forests there, a minister said.

ANKARA (Reuters) -Firefighters in Turkey have contained six of nine wildfires tearing across western Izmir province, officials said on Friday, after the blazes killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes earlier in the week.